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gash

[gash]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a long, deep wound or cut; slash.
Slang: Vulgar.��
1. the vagina.
2. Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.��a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman considered as a sex object.

verb (used with object)

to make a long, deep cut in; slash.

gash

[gash]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Chiefly Scot.

wise, sagacious.
neat; well-dressed; well-groomed.

gash

[gash]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Scot. Archaic.

dreary or gloomy in appearance.

gash

/ ɡæʃ /

verb

(tr) to make a long deep cut or wound in; slash

noun

a long deep cut or wound

gash

/ ɡæʃ /

adjective

slang��surplus to requirements; unnecessary, extra, or spare

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Sensitive Note

When referring to a female, this term is used with disparaging intent and perceived as highly insulting. The word cunt shows a similar transfer of meaning from a woman’s genitalia to the woman herself.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

ungashed adjective

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of gash¹

First recorded in 1540–50; alteration of Middle English garsen, garcen “to make medical incisions” (with alteration of s to sh after r), from Old French garser, jarsier “to scarify, wound,” from unrecoreded Vulgar Latin ��󲹰��, from Greek ��󲹰�á��𾱲� “to scratch, notch”; character

Origin of gash²

First recorded in 1700–10; origin uncertain

Origin of gash³

First recorded in 1580–90; origin uncertain

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of gash¹

C16: from Old French garser to scratch, wound, from Vulgar Latin ��󲹰�� (unattested), from Greek kharassein to scratch

Origin of gash²

C20: of unknown origin

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A dropped catch off his own bowling left Bashir with a gash on his right hand and the need to temporarily to leave the field.

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The court was shown a photo of the gash that Ms Ventura said Mr Combs hired a plastic surgeon to fix secretly.

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On the salvaged tiles alone, you can find salt efflorescence, water stains, fretting, lichen, smears of soot, scratches and gashes.

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He needed 200 stitches to close the gash.

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Treated for a broken ankle and a gash on his head, Field walked out of the hospital without facing charges, he said.

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gas-guzzler tax gasholder

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